A new Aussie Chipper's first Premium chip set? (1 Viewer)

[Newenne]

Currently deliberating between using a reshipping service to purchase another Chipper's HSI Primary set in Calissifieds:
Total around $1300 USD I'd say, to get it to Australia

$.25 x 100 ( overlabelled HSI primary snappers)
$1 x 200
$5 x 200
$25 x 80
$100 x 20

Or the local set for $2200USD, HSI mint Secondary cash set with the breakdown:

$1 x 300
$5 x 360
$25 x 60
$100 x 40
$500 x 20

Fatigued thinking about it constantly. Aesthetically, condition wise and ease of acquiring I prefer the Secondary set. For the price and the fracs which I need, I prefer the Primary set. Part of me wishes both would get snapped up and I can get on with my life

 

[allforcharity]

Get the local secondary set and then look for a rack of fracs later?

 

[Newenne]

Get the local secondary set and then look for a rack of fracs later?

Yup leaning there. Wondering if the extra 1000usd is worth for secondary. Will keep obsessing over it

 

[davislane]

Yup leaning there. Wondering if the extra 1000usd is worth for secondary. Will keep obsessing over it

YES and NO. Welcome to the chipping world....

 

[Newenne]

YES and NO. Welcome to the chipping world....

Once they are in, does anyone ever manage to get out?

 

[Easylife]

Take the price out of the equation and go with the one you are most drawn to.

 

[TX_Golf_N_Poker]

Once they are in, does anyone ever manage to get out?

It's like Hotel California.

You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!

 

[Newenne]

Hey fam starting to put together some orders. I have read plenty of posts so not trying to be lazy here BUT - trying to determine what my workhorse chips are and would love some opinions for a 25c/50c cash game and a STT T25 set in order to optimise for my fave colors and designs.

I believe the answer is 25c & $1 for cash (based on my timid group where buy-ins are $10 but I will be encouraging at least $30 moving forward to avoid nickel micro stakes)

And for STT it would be T100 & T1000. Is it true T25 and T500 get the least action by way of primarily being blinds chips? Always see the T500 suggested order quantities relatively low.

I have made some purchases and verbal deals and about to put in a CPC order so it's getting real finally!

 

[Thomacetti]

I think it’s closer to $2k-$2100 considering recent sales.

This and it ain't easy to find mint hundos or $500...mint fivers demand a premium too.
Taking in account the international shipping & VAT/customs bribe...not a bad deal if you can buy them domestic.

 

[Thomacetti]

That said...I prefer the (mint) primary chips

 

[Newenne]

So I got both the Primary and Secondary set....

 

[Easylife]

So I got both the Primary and Secondary set....

Both great looking sets, enjoy.

 

[Newenne]

Both great looking sets, enjoy.

Don't really know which I'll use it whether to mix and match, how to get more fracs, which candidates tomuse etc etc. First world problems. Stressful but enjoyable.

Having said that I have to reship most of my purchases to Australia now so let's see how that goes.

 

[Easylife]

Yea once you have them both and played with them for a bit you'll know which you prefer and which has the breakdown you need as well. Or you might just end up keeping them both!

 

[Newenne]

Part of me wishes both would get snapped up and I can get on with my life

Ohhhh... This didn't age well, I just realised. Lol

 

[Newenne]

The HSI secondaries are beautiful in person. And I agree with converting the $100s into fracs if you can find extras. You won’t be disappointed with them, the few extra dollars might be worth it due to your location.
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Just realising how expensive it would be to convert hundos to fracs

 

[Thomacetti]

So I got both the Primary and Secondary set....

Me think you will fit in just fine @PCF

Congrats

 

[davislane]

Just realising how expensive it would be to convert hundos to fracs

what is expensive? you have much to learn young padawan.

 

[Newenne]

Yea once you have them both and played with them for a bit you'll know which you prefer and which has the breakdown you need as well. Or you might just end up keeping them both!

Is it sacrilege to mix and match?

 

[Marius L]

Congrats!

Is it sacrilege to mix and match?

Different opinions out there about this. I personally do not like mixed condition where it makes stacking chips harder and where counting gets a bit messed up with 20 of one stack matching 21 of another stack.

Guess its mostly esthetical though, and my OCD rather than an actual practical problem. You just have to do some testing for yourself when you get them in hand. If you dont mind, it's not a problem!

 

[AlbinoDragon]

Is it sacrilege to mix and match?

Not at all. My PCA set mixes primary and secondary across the denomination range. As long as mixing doesn't bug you too much, go for whatever makes you happy!

 

[Newenne]

Congrats!


Different opinions out there about this. I personally do not like mixed condition where it makes stacking chips harder and where counting gets a bit messed up with 20 of one stack matching 21 of another stack.

Guess its mostly esthetical though, and my OCD rather than an actual practical problem. You just have to do some testing for yourself when you get them in hand. If you dont mind, it's not a problem!

it did no occur to me that stacking heights would be a thing!

 

[Thomacetti]

Is it sacrilege to mix and match?

YES..when you add faux shaped inlays to the mix

it did no occur to me that stacking heights would be a thing!

It is...at least a few thousand posts about it

 

[TKEUofM]

Just realising how expensive it would be to convert hundos to fracs

Yeah, I got lucky and tracked some down early on as part of a trade for snappers and then pieced together another rack barrel by barrel for decent prices

 

[LeLe]

Hey fam starting to put together some orders. I have read plenty of posts so not trying to be lazy here BUT - trying to determine what my workhorse chips are and would love some opinions for a 25c/50c cash game and a STT T25 set in order to optimise for my fave colors and designs.

I believe the answer is 25c & $1 for cash (based on my timid group where buy-ins are $10 but I will be encouraging at least $30 moving forward to avoid nickel micro stakes)

$10 buyin for a 25/50c stake are extremely short, it will just be Jam pre-flop with no post-flop play at all

You can consider playing $1 as 10c and play 10/20c stake with buyin of $20 (100bb) with the secondary set
or 25c/25c with $25 buyin with the primary set with your group

 

[JScott]

Did the primary set get snagged already? I'd have gone with that. at your stakes you wouldn't need all the $1's and $5's, and definitely no $500's.

 

[LeLe]

Did the primary set get snagged already? I'd have gone with that. at your stakes you wouldn't need all the $1's and $5's, and definitely no $500's.

The OP end up buying both set @ post #41

 

[JScott]

The OP end up buying both set @ post #41

I missed that. Guy goes balls deep like a true degen. @Newenne my friend… you’re f**ked. I like you already.

 

[Easylife]

Is it sacrilege to mix and match?

I would say yes but that's only if you ignore my small super poker world set which uses different colours and characters mixed in the .25c and $1 because it's for fun and you'll never take me alive

 

[Newenne]

$10 buyin for a 25/50c stake are extremely short, it will just be Jam pre-flop with no post-flop play at all

You can consider playing $1 as 10c and play 10/20c stake with buyin of $20 (100bb) with the secondary set
or 25c/25c with $25 buyin with the primary set with your group

I'm going to train these fish (myself included) to come up to a respectable buy in. I'll use the mint secondaries as bait/reward. I've already trained them to stop limping in (by showing some measure aggression preflop myself) so we need significantly less quarters than before. Teaching them they'll just lose their quarters if they limp in, in front of me. I'll get them to 50 bucks. I'm sure of it